[HighDarkTemplar]

Hi!
I remember seeing an article on another site about some of the Seagate Barracuda HDD's (including ST31000528AS, which is my disc) had some serious problems. There was a firmware update somewhere, but I cannot seem to find it. I also think that there was something else that you had to do to actually get it to boot and install, if someone knows what, please tell me :-)


Thanks for your time!


-Nerevar

[Ponch]

Nerevar, on Aug 8 2009, 09:16 PM, said:

There was a firmware update somewhere, but I cannot seem to find it.

Have you checked the manufacturer's site ? It has a download button on the 1st page.
+there are three sticky about Seagate Barracuda on this very forum.

[HighDarkTemplar]

Did take a look, and read a bit on the forums. But i couldn't find a download link :-(


Thanks!

[Ponch]

You can try this:
http://support.seaga...drivedetect.exe

[HighDarkTemplar]

Thanks for that, however still not solved. It just detects my discs (which i already know about), and gives the following information:

Model: ST31000340AS, Serial: 9QJ02YHA, Firmware: SD15
Model: ST31000340AS, Serial: 9QJ04F3P, Firmware: SD15


The disc's colored in red, in that program you mentionen, which means that it has known firmware updates (which i also know). When i entered the seagate site(through the program), it didn't find any updates at all :-/ WTF??


Thanks again!

[MadOCer]

Nerevar, on Aug 9 2009, 04:47 PM, said:

Thanks for that, however still not solved. It just detects my discs (which i already know about), and gives the following information:

Model: ST31000340AS, Serial: 9QJ02YHA, Firmware: SD15
Model: ST31000340AS, Serial: 9QJ04F3P, Firmware: SD15


The disc's colored in red, in that program you mentionen, which means that it has known firmware updates (which i also know). When i entered the seagate site(through the program), it didn't find any updates at all :-/ WTF??


Thanks again!

How about using google next time?

Typed in "Seagate firmware" and ~10 seconds later I had the official Seagate page for the 7200.11 firmware updates.

http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/self...&NewLang=en

[Ponch]

It's not the same model you state in the 1st post.
for the ST31000340AS, check this:
http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/self...951&Hilite=
which leads to your firmware SD1A:
http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support...are/ms-sd1a.exe

[HighDarkTemplar]

Thanks for picking up that error :-) One last question, does firmware updates tend to destroy current data on the disc?


Thanks!

[Ponch]

Fortunately not.

[HighDarkTemplar]

Updated and working :-) Thanks for all the replies. Case closed :-)

[Zenskas]

Nerevar, on Aug 10 2009, 08:40 PM, said:

Updated and working :-) Thanks for all the replies. Case closed :-)

Good job
If anything goes wrong later on, do tell us as I have just installed a 500GB 7200.11 drive with SD1A firmware into an external enclosure so I am hoping it will live for longer than a few days like it did with the SD15 firmware. If I know of others that have SD1A drives dying then I will know to be careful with what I put on it.

This post has been edited by Zenskas: 12 August 2009 - 05:51 AM

[MadOCer]

Zenskas, on Aug 12 2009, 01:50 PM, said:

Nerevar, on Aug 10 2009, 08:40 PM, said:

Updated and working :-) Thanks for all the replies. Case closed :-)

Good job
If anything goes wrong later on, do tell us as I have just installed a 500GB 7200.11 drive with SD1A firmware into an external enclosure so I am hoping it will live for longer than a few days like it did with the SD15 firmware. If I know of others that have SD1A drives dying then I will know to be careful with what I put on it.

Just as a side note:

I don't think that using any Seagate 7200.11 Barracuda drive in an (most likely not active cooled) external hard drive enclosure is a particularly good idea.
Just last week I used one of my Barracudas externally to back up a good amount of data and it got VERY hot in its case while copying data for a longer period of time.
I highly doubt that this is good for the drive. However I have to say that my room temp was quite hot that day. About 27-28°C. Still I don't think that the drive would have stayed really considerably cooler, if the room-temp had been lower.

So, I would be careful with these drives when using them externally. Personally I wouldn't advise anyone to use them without sufficient cooling, unless all the drive(-s) do(-es) is idle 99% of the time.